Chris Atkinson Archives - Strategic Leadership

20 May

Moral leadership in the 4th revolution

By Kate Tuck
In Chris Atkinson, Leadership

Our mission to develop conscious and strategic leaders is fuelled by our belief that success during the 4th industrial revolution will require a large shift in the levels of consciousness of leaders across the world. We were delighted when our UK Managing Director, Chris Atkinson was invited to the...

02 Aug

The Importance of Internal Consultancy

By Christopher Atkinson
In Business, Chris Atkinson, Culture

Could high quality internal consultancy be a short cut to developing a powerful organisational culture?

26 Jul

The World Cup Leadership Story You Might Have Missed

By Christopher Atkinson
In Chris Atkinson, Leadership

While most media attention was on winners, losers, the players and their coaches, one brilliant example of leadership from the world cup slipped under the radar of many people. This was the story of Croatia's president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. What really caught my attention was that although the spotlight fell...

28 May

Why Team Building Could be a Waste of Money

By Christopher Atkinson
In Chris Atkinson, Strategic Leadership Authors, Team, Training

- The training market has seen a steady, continued growth in the area of team building. More and more companies are committing their three most precious assets - time, money and resources to these events. Why then, in these challenging times with so many cuts being made, are we...

29 Mar

The Essential Guide to Presenting Numbers in an Engaging Way

By Christopher Atkinson
In Business, Chris Atkinson, Leadership

The Essential Guide to Presenting Numbers in an Engaging Way: Recently I was asked by a global client to help their European finance team present their subject in ways that are more engaging for their audience. As I started to develop the session, I realised on almost every course I...

01 Jan

How to Invest in People vs. Processes

By Christopher Atkinson
In Chris Atkinson, Leadership, Structure & Processes

How to Invest in People vs. Processes A few years ago, a regional utilities client (who had been a client for many years) made a commitment to invest in a new IT infrastructure which would allow for efficient bookings for the field teams and the use of handheld devices...

28 Nov

How to Inspire Engagement – Podcast with Chris Atkinson

By Christopher Atkinson
In Chris Atkinson, Engagement, Personal Development

Last week Chris Atkinson was interviewed by Brett Gajda for his podcast Where There's Smoke - they discussed inspiration and engagement. The interview includes debate about where people go wrong, our misunderstandings of the topic and three techniques to inspire others.

27 Oct

5 Things You Can Do To Lead Workplace Wellbeing In Your Team

By Kate Tuck
In Chris Atkinson, Team

In the pursuit of productivity targets and results, one of the things that often suffers is people’s work life balance. The irony being that this has a direct impact on the very same targets we are trying to achieve. Employee wellbeing is taken into account in business decisions only...

02 Oct

How Your Business Can Adapt To Millennials

By Christopher Atkinson
In Business, Chris Atkinson

Recently a video by author and speaker Simon Sinek went viral on social media achieving over 78 million views on Facebook alone. The hot topic was about millennials (people born after 1984) in the workplace. The narrative in the media took a very negative tone about what he was...

12 Apr

How to Motivate People Beyond Money

By Christopher Atkinson
In Chris Atkinson, Leadership

The imperative to make a critical shift forward is written on the walls of our workplaces. Money is not enough, because in a world of increasing change, challenges, competition the litmus test, the NEW currency of success is providing YOUR people, YOUR bread and butter, the foundation of YOUR...